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How hot would you have to be to get into this swimming pool?

By Emily Lodish GlobalPost

Posted:
07/31/2013 04:48:11 PM PDT

Updated:
07/31/2013 04:52:57 PM PDT

How hot would you have to be to get into this swimming pool?

China's heatwave is no joke.It is making some people get into this pool:NewsPoint featured the above video of "China's Dead Sea" in Sichuan province, ostensibly so-called because it is a saltwater pool and not because it is so jampacked as to promote the end of life.But the heatwave is serious (triple-digit temperatures for more than a week) and has been blamed for more than 10 deaths in Shanghai alone, according to state-run media outlet Xinhua.Officials says this is Shanghai's hottest ...